Water heater



May 31, 1927.

P. 5. HANTON ET AL WATER HEATER Filed Sent. 23, 1924 n 5 m 1 r m mfiw m w mu W Va nwe 1m 2 J a aw Pa May 31. 1927.

P. S. HANTON ET AL WATER HEATER Filed Sent. 23

1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 inventors Peter Szewarl Han ion and J1 es Dick fer - I 11.. M MHhWHQ w.

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Patented May 31, 19 27.

6 UNITED. s.;i; iA 5P5 TENT,

' PETER-STEWAHREEHANTON ANf -JAMEsplox onxnw, IoToRmnUsirRAL'IAf iwamee HEATER-7 I Application fileaseptembe azs, 1g24, .sea1 no. z39,3 55,'an1-in Australia-i 0ct'ober; 8, 1923.

Thepresent invention refers to "hot: water :heaters :ofith type inlwhich. fi1L-WZIJZQI' LCOI tainer, is mounted above, a ,fir'e box the heat from which v passes upwardly. through one or V more flue passages thence along theto'p and i .down the outer sides of the water container subject of Australian Pat m: -xot 1,112 29,

: V--. NVhil-e the; arrangements fof 7 "degree of utility when gus'edjasaeontinnous a heater, 1. j e. with afgas l. burner of ,1 small capacity j burning i colitinu'ously in 1 the fire:

box, itfollows as a result of the fiue, passage -.o,ver1the, top of the water chamber :thatthe heat tends to concentrate inthat, positionand f thus set .-up, a high temperature "in a small .equantity of the w tater -in;-the top ofEthe ater "c'ontainenj The Kvapour so -;formed passes H: small quantity Again the pressure; so setv givesan-indication of boiling water which 15 however not present or if so only-1n a (very up tends to depressytheytop surfacegofthe Water away'from the top wallpbfg-thee'com tainer resultin ;in thatliportion'ofgthegwalll jbeconiihgover heated; "1., I, B" eontinued 'experlmentl the, applicants havezascertained that the unequal healing tainer is constructed so that the upfper 'fiue.

' .pass'2'1ges instead of passing over the to'p of."

said container proceed: through ;the ,same

at a ldistance-wblowithetop; .TWithsuchPan: iarrang'ement of the uppenflue passages-the.

statedwill be readily :capable of fuinishing Qboihng water, .gand ionce the watemhas. v v

temperature, of the water jinwthe, chamber 11 1 with the upper sfluepassage, anranged; ,as'

"5:; reached such {ajtemperatiirej it will be "imnecessary 1 to loontinuous'ly pply-the heat, l v theifptesentinvention alsq contemplates a} 1 .turther, improvement in heaters whereby the,

supply i II II thereof,

;Wa.ter ,co'nztalner with coyeraand flue passageslfmen- 1 .tIOIIQd'JS found in practice :to possessia lngh gcapparatus aI1d,I

;E1gure 2 a liorizoiital section on {line ay be automatically controlled uby thermostatic meansl, I A practical formiof the inVentionislillus-f- I Y 1 1 tratedinthe accompanying drawings Where 6 0 i FigureB an enlarged fragmentarywertical sectionof the thermostatic control mean's Q- charge means,

Figureit an enlarged detailgof the- :dis-

tails illustrating-slight modifications.

trated the water container is supported on a bracket 3 5 5 and the ilo wer compartment --1 is of cylindrical form eommunieating; at its top end by meansv of aseries of Qeylindrica'l In "the" practical structuraliz forni illus-f] compartmentx2of the; container.

"The lowercompartmentl hasacylindri- "thetop and fiaredjatits lower end 5 to join the side of ,-saidcompartment near its lower end. The gasjet or jets 16 are located. in I thelower end ofthe'flue and the fumes pass ,throughjthe upper end ofthe flue'along the, .downthe openfiend ofthe hot Waterpipe and i f el, :centr l; fle t nding centrally zfi'e horizontal space BQL betWeen the superposed icompartmentsjland2 and down an annular v ,spetce i 7 formedbetween 1e..t\i all ofi{t11e lQWer. mpar mentl an t in r :WallY of the insulated hood oroasing- 9 that .,-sur-.' rounds the waterjcontainerp The wateninletpipelo passes upthroughf,j

jtheflaredportionofthe ;-flue and into'gthe lower compartment 1 andthen intoa yerti-' jcal intake chamber [11 open at -the bottom and exten'din'g freely through 'onecofthe,

passages 3 to, near the -topof theupperrcoma .fc la i n a c.

Within the chamberis fixed a sn' aller tube 14 open at the bottomand closed at thetop' which-reaches near: the topof th. e chamber and extends downw ardly. into the fiHI Bd end 5 Offthe flue;

L'ooatedwithin said tube is -a sealed .15 containing a: fluid .expansible under heat such as Water which ;iskresponsiveto l-the through; contact of said watenw-ith the tube partment 12, ,said chamber 7 having atop 12 I I an'd anaperturel3.fo1ywatervor steam c1r-;

110 Q14 and in :paiticulanto the .water deliye'red V near theiupper "(incl-{jotjchamber 11;:from-the'1';

' i openfoutlet end 16 otth wf t "illlet' PiP 10. The outlet end 16 of 131133- may be I extended to r ,The upper'e'nd of the: sealedlpipe lo that is within the tube 143 may be enlargedJ-as illustrated hndsa'id pipe forms part'of an automatic thermostatic device 'for{*con "trolling the, gas chamber 7 against a valve 19 v 5 17 onthe-bracket *where said pipe s hollow metal"d-iaphrztgin'rlS; I r I The opposite side'ofthe diaphragm bears through the" valve '19 into the gasfchamber The-chamber 21has alsoa pilot gasport "is open and said port24 connects withthe :gas a tube 25 of 'theapilotjet 126*that lightsrthe from'. sufficiently hOt the liquid in the thermostatic pipe 15 expands-and operates the diaphragm *18to close the 'supply'valve 19 thus-extins s water is delivered through 'theoutlet the j'ets 6 Similarly when cold u p y n re jet again lights the ga s' jet.

' throughthe flared por tion 5 The water'joutlet .ofthe 'fl'ue into V "compartment l'through passage 3 into' -the upper". comp artmentf 2' and its open top end 28 extends into -a;dome '29, Figure 4, i provided on-the top ofisaid upper compart inentl caspace 38providedbetweenthetop of coin-1' partmer'it-Q and the rootqof the insulated V g V p nburner i an; intake 'chamber of substantial The operation ot the apparatusisasfollows.i-'-Assuming the water in the vcontainer to be heated and the gas supply cut-off, cold I. water delivered"throughpipe 10 passes up '--by press'ure into chamber 11 returns down and into compartment land displacesthe 4' "hot' water n 1 lower compartment thus I causing the hot water'in the upper compart- F nientto be'discharged' down outlet pipe27.

' During this operation it- 5 is desirable. 't0

prevent cold water diluting and cooling the water incupper?co1npartment-;whi1e atthe c0 same time "it is essential to cool 7 the thermos'tat' pipe 15"'to'*pern1it the gas supply valve to' open and delivergasto'theets The modified;-torinfofconstruction illustr'a'ted'inFigurefii accomplishes these-zoo;

-'j ects {in a verysatisfactory manner as the gas/suppl and leads 111mm to one side ot-aifiexible" ccont'rolledcby a spring' 7 In thcilatter is a .gas sup-ply port 22 that delivers gas:

burners-when .the gas isf "emitted there- Thus when'the water vi'n' the'chamberlis- 10 the sealed-1'3ipe15 is immediately coole d'thu's permitting-"the gas supply {valve tolopenjb its spring and the pilotlpe '27 passes fup The "dome 29- pi-o eas upwardly into" a chamber water which keepsi p'ipei1 5 cool- Immedithe cold ;;ately,.the cold water suppl'yrcock is closed a slow process of circulation begins depend-" mg On the size o'ttheaperture 13;;The cold 7 J water in the chamber 111; descends f and hot Iwatertrorn the upper conipartinent 2 passes 7 "through aperture "13 to take .it'sip'lace; and as d soon as the cheat" in "the gcasing is sufiicient 'the thermostat valve- :19 is closediand thegas jets extinguished-f J t I a constructlon has 1f the water deliver shown in Figures l; 2and 3 isvaried so that [the chamber is oval as shown o in Figures? and 8 the water pipef10" may vcome 'indt' ure 7 with its outlet-end16;directed--up- -w ardly so that"thefdirection of thei cold water will beupwardlyoverthe-top of the is r 1 tube -14 .and' downwardly, withthe ,object] "achieved bythefmodi r' above explained 1;-

The same obj ect- 1 re ctly through the side of 'thewaterl-con;

tainerinto chamber ill oras show-n inFigr $5.

fied construction shown Figure 6 'Herea in the water enters I directly atA O into a sleeve 41S closed at the bottom and having above the water inlet a circulation aperture l 13 and sai'd sleeve' extends upwardly {intoa V I 16 of] chamber 42 with circulation aperture-13, j

'and'provided abouts-its lower endwith-out- V let apertures 43.' Said slcevelisop nlafl the top and the thermostat pipe 15 extends "into the tube l l which passes; up through the bottom of the sleeve 41. Inthis "case the scold-water passesj u'p the inside of the Q 7 apertures 43.

' -we-claimz- 1. In a domestidwaterheater, a'burner, a

' sleeve and down betwcenthe'outside of same and the chamber and passes through $1 5 container for waterf-to be heated' 'by'sa'id height withinfisaid container and having a to sa'idlburner, said temper ature responsivemeans being in..a:position to be actuated by. the incoming fsupply water. Q 2.";In a domestic waterlheater', a burner;

container for water to be, heated: said burner, an intake-chamber of "substantial terior of said container; and an upper end height withinsaid container, havingf'a lower Y open end freely communicating with Lthe in connecting the upper portion-ofsaid chamber with said container, 'II162LI1S for admitting'supply Water-to the upper part of said chamber,a nd areceptaelewithin said chamber adapted to contain a temperature-responsive fluid, said receptacle beingqdisposed in the path of the incoming supply water.

3. In a Water heater, a container for Water,-means for heating said Water, an intake chamber of substantial height disposed Within said container, said intake chamber' having its lower portion freely communicating with the'interior of said container, and its upper portion closed except for one or morerestricted passages connecting the upper portion, of said oham-' p be: With thean'terior of said container,"

means lfor admitting supply 'ater to the; interior o'fsaid chamber, and temperature-o responsive means Within [said chamber adapted'to actuate a control for said heating 'Ineans, said a temperature-resp0nsive means being so positioned as to be actuated by the incoming supply Water., 7

Dated this lethall of August, 1924.5 ,7

* 'PETER STEWART AnToN;

p JAMES DICK. 

